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From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
Since 29 February 2024, [2] flooding affected various regions across the country, including Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan. At least 40 people were killed and 62 injured in the floods. [1] Floods caused by heavy rains caused widespread destruction, disrupting normal life and damaging infrastructure.
Floods and landslides in the first nine months of 2022 have killed at least 70 people in Nepal. [37] On September 16, a landslide killed 22 people and left 10 missing in Achham District. [37] At least 46 people were killed and 22 were left missing by heavy flooding in October, with Karnali Province being the worst affected. [38] [39]
Unusually heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan will affect 200,000 people, a top UN official warns. MUNIR AHMED. June 13, 2024 at 9:14 AM ... The 2022 floods caused more than $30 billion in damage to ...
In 2022, downpours swelled rivers and at one point inundated one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739 people. The floods also caused $30 billion in damage. Pakistan's monsoon season starts in June.
The death toll from nearly six weeks of monsoon rains and flash floods across Pakistan has risen to 156, officials said Thursday, as downpours continued in much of the country, inundating some ...
Damage caused by the floods of 2010. The following is a list of floods in Pakistan. In 1973 heavy rains in Indian Kashmir caused the Indus River to overflow and flood the Punjab province of Pakistan. [1] 1992 India–Pakistan floods; 1993 Monsoon Floods Across South Asia killed fifteen people in Pakistan. [2] In 1995 heavy monsoon rains ...
Consecutive downpours damaged or destroyed more than 1 million houses and 1,800 miles of roads, affecting more than 33 million Pakistanis.